Advice
Recommended for restricted use within NHS Scotland.
RECOMMENDATION.
Valganciclovir has been approved for prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in CMVnegative patients who have received a solid organ transplanted from a CMV-positive donor.
It can be given once daily compared with three times daily for existing treatment, thereby improving compliance and convenience.
Use of Valganciclovir should only be initiated by physicians in transplantation or infectious disease units.
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Medicine details
- Medicine name:
- Valganciclovir (Valcyte)
- SMC ID:
- 62/03
- Indication:
- prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in CMV-negative patients who have received a solid organ transplanted from a CMV-positive donor
- Pharmaceutical company
- Roche
- BNF chapter
- Infections
- Submission type
- Abbreviated
- Status
- Restricted
- Date advice published
- 08 September 2003